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What is SignRequest? SignRequest provides digital signature solutions to small and medium sized businesses. The company launched in 2014, has currently over 100,000 clients in 32 countries, and provides services in 18 languages. SignRequest offers a web-based digital signature solution, developer API , and integrates with Salesforce , Google Apps , Slack , and other popular applications. How does SignRequest use Chainpoint? SignRequest uses…

EVRYTHNG announced they’re using Chainpoint to track the provenance of consumer goods throughout the supply chain. Consumers can now verify that provenance data has not been altered after being recorded in the EVRYTHNG platform.
Tierion and EVRYTHNG Partner to track the supply chain provenance of consumer goods for leading brands. Who is EVRYTHNG? EVRYTHNG helps leading brands manage billions of product identities, collect real-time data…

We’re thrilled that the first and second place winners of the Consensus 2018 Hackathon used Chainpoint in their projects! The Coindesk challenge was to use blockchain technology to improve traceability in a GrowNYC’s food supply chain. The hackathon was hosted at Microsoft’s Times Square office in New York. Nearly 200 developers participated in the event. Congratulations to teams AnchorSupply and Veriphresh. We’ll update this post with…

We’re retiring the original Tierion application to make way for a new product we’re creating called Proof . Existing Tierion customers can continue to use the original application at https://v1.tierion.com until December 31st 2018. We encourage existing customers and new developers to use Chainpoint. Tierion Broke New Ground The original Tierion application has been a remarkable success. When we launched on August 31, 2015, our goal was to…

Chainpoint Node UI Preview Release Today marks the launch of the Chainpoint Node UI Preview Release. Node Operators now have an easy way to view their node’s activity and status. Please upgrade to version Chainpoint version 1.4.1 . The Activity view provides a near real-time view into Node Activity. The About view provides answers to Node Operator’s most frequently asked questions: Is this node registered? Is this node passing or failing audits…

Cockroach Labs recently invited Tierion’s VP Engineering, Glenn Rempe , to present how the Chainpoint Network uses CockroachDB to scale to 100M+ blockchain proofs per day. CockroachDB is an open source, horizontally scalable distributed SQL database. It was developed by a team of former Google employees that spent twenty years building out Google’s core infrastructure. Read the full story on Cockroach Labs web site: Tierion: Generating 100M…

Xero’s API team has developed a project that uses Chainpoint to prove the integrity and timestamp of accounting data by anchoring it to the Bitcoin blockchain. What is Xero? Xero provides cloud-based accounting software to over 1.2 million customers in 180 countries. They’re one of the fastest growing software as a service companies globally. How does Xero use Chainpoint? Xero Developer Evangelist Riley James has developed a project that…

Our Current Community Tierion has an active community with thousands of members. Discussions primarily take place on Discord and Telegram . Conversation topics include technical assistance, node operations, and the occasional meme in the #random channel. What’s Changing? We are introducing community guidelines so our community platforms can continue to be a place for engagement, growth, and learning for everyone. Tierion’s new guidelines…

Welcome Thank you for being part of the Tierion Community. These common-sense guidelines ensure everyone will continue to provide a platform for our members to engage, learn and grow. These guidelines will be reviewed regularly and updated as the needs of our community change. The Basics Get to know Tierion and become a part of our community. Tierion FAQ Where: Discord , Twitter , Telegram , FB Who : community of node operators, developers…

Rewards Queue Today marks the launch of the rewards queue. Previously, a single Chainpoint Node that passed all audits was randomly selected and issued a reward. This model has ended. Here’s how the new model works: Public Chainpoint Nodes are placed in a queue and given an audit score. Nodes that pass audits get a +1 to their audit score. Nodes that fail an audit get a -1 to their audit score. For each reward period, a single node is randomly…